Brown leatherette with gilt lettering on the spine. Dust jacket included, a bit of edge wear and protected now in a new Mylar cover. 266 pages, with Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with black and white and color photographs. History of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company and the building of the docks in Hong Kong, which revolutionized the city. View more info

Jacket has wear at the head of the spine and some rubbing to the rear panel. 290 pages with Appendixes, List of Passages Translated, Bibliography, and Index. Depicts the activities and experiences of people from all over China and at every level of society on an ordinary day, as related by the people themselves. Originally published in China in 1936, this is the first English edition and contains 84 of the original pieces. The selections are organized to focus on four to... View more info

Very light wear. Jacket's front flap clipped at bottom, price intact at top. Clean and unmarked. Stated First Edition. A true family saga set in Shanghai against the violent, incredible events of the Chinese civil war. View more info

339 pages with Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Illustrated with black and white photos and endpaper maps. From the publisher: "First as a teacher and then as a Finnish foreign correspondent living in China, author Linda Jakobson describes the changes that have been taking place over the past ten years. A result of hundreds of interviews with Chinese of all ages and of all ranks, this personal, wide-reaching, and intelligent book speaks on several topics with some sta... View more info

338 pages with Index. From the jacket writing: "Complete study of the Republican Era... Contains the most thorough discussion of warlords and warlordism available [as of 1975], and also provides an incisive view of the republican revolution, the May Fourth intellectual movement, the Nanking decade of Kuomintang rule, and the origins of the Chinese Communist Party." View more info

Light shelf wear to book, some edge wear and slight chipping to jacket. 461 pages, illustrated with black and white photos. From the jacket: "The author explores China and her family's story from the Taiping Rebellion in the middle of the nineteenth century through the Kuomintang." View more info